Pocket-book



A. Y. ANDREWS.

POCKET BOOK.

Patented Jan. 27, 18.91.

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Miran STATES ADOLPI'IUS Y. ANDREWS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

POCKET-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,216, dated January27', 1891.

Application filed September 16, 1890- Serial No. 365,129. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern.-

3e it known that I, ADOLPHUS Y. ANDREWS, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement inPocket-Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pocket-books; and it consists of certainimprovements which are fully set forth in the following specification,and are shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a pocket-book with guards toprevent the loss of money or other articles from the interior byslipping out through the ends of the book, and also to give greaterstrength and neat ness to it.

In the ordinary collapsible pocket-book formed of leather the edges ofthe money receptacles or pockets are exposed at the ends of the book,and when these become worn or torn there is danger of articles or moneybeing lost through them.

In carrying out my invention I form the pocket-book with guards toprotect these edges of the money pockets or receptacles, while allowingthe book to be opened in the usual manner.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view o'f a pocket-bookembodying the principles of my invention with the book closed. Fig. 2 isa similar view of the same with the book open; and Fig. 3 is across-sectional view of the same on an enlarged scale, taken on the linew or of Fig. 2.

The pocket-book is formed in the usual manner with the two flaps A andB, one of which is adapted to be folded over upon the other and fastenedby a snap-catch or in any other well-known manner.

Between the parts A and B are arranged the extensible money pockets orreceptacles C, the folded edges of which 0 c are exposed between theflaps A and B. It is to prevent the loss of money or other articles fromthe pockets C through the open ends of the book between the portions Aand B either by slipping out over the top of the pockets 0 or by passingthrough the edges 0, should the latter become torn or worn, that myinvention is primarily intended.

D are guards carried by the main body of the pocket-book and extendingover its open or exposed ends between the portions A and B, formingclosed ends to the pocket-book when the latter is closed, as shown inFig. 1, and thus protecting the edges 0 of the money pockets orreceptacles C. These end guards D do not in any way interfere with theopening of the book to expand themoney-pockets C in the usual manner,and when the pocketbook is closed they completely close the ends betweenthe parts A and B. These guards D are preferably constructed of metalcovered with leather the same as that of which the book is constructedand are preferably secured to the main body of the book at the edge ofone of the parts A or B by means of flanges (Z, which fit under theouter portion of the leather, so as to be hidden from view, and aresecured thereto by means of rivets or in anyother convenient andwell-known man ner. These end guards D, while rendering the pocket-bookmore serviceable, impart to it a more eflective appearance.

Vhile I prefer the mere details of 0011- struction which are here shown,I do not limit myself to them, as it is apparent that they may bemodified without departing from the invention.

What I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pocket-book having a series of expansible compartments, an outercovering, and end guard-pieces arranged between the edges of said outercovering and extending over and covering the edges of said expansiblecompartments when the pocket-book is closed, but permitting theexpansion of said C0111- partments beyond the end pieces in opening orexpanding the pocket-book.

2. A pocket-book having the adjacent side edges of its outer portionseparate one from the other and provided with guards carried by one ofsaid adjacent side edges and extending toward the other to close thespace between said edges.

A pocket-book having the adjacent side edges of its outer portionseparate one from the other and provided with guards carried by one ofsaid adjacent side edges and extending toward the other to close thespace between said edges, said guards consisting of metallic piecescovered with leather.

'4. A pocket-book having a central compartment, a series of expansiblemoney-0on1- partrnents adjacent thereto, and end-guard pieces of greaterwidth than the Width of said central compartment arranged on the ends ofthe pocket-hook between the edges of the outer covering and extendingover the edges of said expansible money-compartments, so 10 as tocompletely close the ends of the pocketbook.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

A. Y. ANDREWS. \Vitnesses:

R. M. HUNTER, GEO. W. REED.

